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CVE-2011-5161

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-09-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the patient photograph functionality in OpenEMR 4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a file with an executable extension followed by a safe extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the patient directory under documents/.

Affected products

• openemr: 4.0.0, 4.1.0, 4.1.1

References

• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18274
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71981
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18274
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71981

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